Tuesday, April 29, 2008

COMMENTS: "Right now, the goal is .500," said Joe Torre nine days ago, when the Dodgers were 7-11 and in last place. Gentlemen, the goal is reachable today. In fact, the Dodgers could escape April with a winning record—but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Derek Lowe and his tight elbow start for the Dodgers; Andrew Miller, a key component in Florida's trade of Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to Detroit, starts for the Marlins. So while we remain on alert for the dreaded green pitcher effect, we also remember this is a newly ballsy Dodger team (although we must wait one more day for Andruw Jones to show up).

Does anyone think that Torre leaves Furcal at the top, DeWitt at the bottom, Kent in clean up, then takes all the other names, writes them on a piece of paper and throws them up in the air, and the order that they land is the order that they hit in the lineup.

Okay, I gotta give Monday props, he called that Kent RBI well. "Is there a history? Kent is 1-for-5 against Gregg (BAM!), make that 2-for-6 as Kent hits it into centerfield!". Pretty seamless delivery.

Sorry just want to post one more time to get us to 100 comments. No more free tacos (for you Laker fans). Also, just watched Conner Jackson belt a 2 run homer against the Astros to tie the game in the 1st inning.